. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. well as be in the best place for an orchard. The house should be on high, healthy ground, and every tree that is planted should be in the best place for it. The good wife should be consulted in every improvement that is con- templated. They who together make a home can best appreciate it, and will become at- tached to it as every one who has a home should be. The matter of IRKIOATI'ON is one which concerns many fa
. California agriculturist and live stock journal. Agriculture -- California; Livestock -- California; Animal industry -- California. California Agriculturist and Live Stock Journal. well as be in the best place for an orchard. The house should be on high, healthy ground, and every tree that is planted should be in the best place for it. The good wife should be consulted in every improvement that is con- templated. They who together make a home can best appreciate it, and will become at- tached to it as every one who has a home should be. The matter of IRKIOATI'ON is one which concerns many farmers. Is not now a good time to take into consideration the ways and means for irrigating the farm, or at least some portion of it? Is it possible for you, either alone or in connection with your neighbors, to bring the waters of some stream upon your farm iu the winter when water is running to waste? We know of sev- eral farms in this valley which might be made to yield abundantly with winter flooding that now are unprofitable from the lack of mois- ture; and these same farms are so located that they could easily be flooded in winter by a little co-operation among the owners. Every farm should have an orchard and garden. A WIND-MILL is something within the reach of almost any one owning land. Where the prevailing winds blow in opposite directions, as they do in almost all our valleys situated between long ranges of mountains in California, a station- ary mill—that is, one without a turn table—is good enough for all practical purposes, and may be made at home. Let the frame be very heavy and strong—made to stand. The shaft can be either wood or iron. Make the fans long enough to give several horse-power. Bore one or two wells for large-sized pumps, and let the mill run all the time. The water can be stored in a tank, the bottom of which is level \s-ith the ground, and run in furrows over as large a surface as the supply will al- low. A good mill and pump, running when- e
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